# Parseexcel problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parseexcel-problem/157531>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 12, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parseexcel-problem/157531 "2009-01-12T19:05:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parseexcel-problem/157531/1 "2009-01-12T19:05:12Z")

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I am running rails 2.2 and gem 1.3.1

I have this basic code:

equire ‘rubygems’  
require ‘parseexcel’  
workbook = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel.parse()

I get this error:

./parseexcel.rb:4: uninitialized constant Spreadsheet (NameError)

any ideas?

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parseexcel-problem/157531/2 "2009-01-12T19:27:32Z")

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what version of parseexcel you are using

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parseexcel-problem/157531/3 "2009-01-12T19:32:50Z")

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0.5.2

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parseexcel-problem/157531/4 "2009-01-12T20:02:18Z")

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try to use spreadsheet-0.6.2.1

This might help to resolve the issue.  
Though, their product name, class and module names are not consistent in  
different versions.

Thanks,  
Mohammad